Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has challenged his predecessor, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang to produce a single document covering the erstwhile John Mahama administration’s policy to construct 200 community senior high schools of which even 25% was not completed.
According to him, his checks reveal that there’s no such document, adding that the former Minister was at her hypocritical best when she demanded to see a document covering the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy rolled out by the Akufo Addo government.
Hon. Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has over the past week come under heavy flak by a section of the public especially members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) after he described his predecessor and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast. Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as a “disgrace” and “ignorant” on radio.
Persons including former Education Minister, Betty Mould Iddrisu and Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Special Aide to ex President John Mahama have slammed Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh for his disgraceful comments describing the attack as unfortunate.
But in an interview with Ghana News Day, Dr Opoku Prempeh said he stands by his comments saying his description of the former Minister is apt.
“I’ve heard the former Minister of Education say on some networks about two months ago that she hasn’t seen any document covering the Free SHS policy and that we’re are lying and deceiving Ghanaians. When I answer back and say she’s an embarrassment to Education, people say I’m attacking her, but I’m not. She should produce one document that outlines the 200 secondary schools. She should go to the budget document and tell me in those four years where the line items is that we’ve provided this money for the 200 secondary schools. People forget that they’ve been here, but they started building the schools because that gaeneral government revenue is used for government activities. So the World Bank even providing $156million some goes into 23 Secondary schools, they couldn’t even finish it in their term.
“If they can show the policy document that said the schools are going to be built in four years, this is how much it’s going to cost government and they actually did it, they should provide the document. So you don’t turn round and say you haven’t seen documents so it’s a deception. When she was here and was prosecuting the agenda of 200 senior high schools that she couldn’t even build 25% before she left, where was the policy document that she brought to Ghanaians before she started that.”
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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Precisely!Naana Opoku-Agyemang doesn't have right to question current gov't's brilliant policies on education because she performed abysmally.She nearly collapsed Ghanaian education,yet she was supposed to know better...this is the point Napo is making,then this same person turn around hypocritically to be questioning gov't's policies...it's annoying!
Interesting posts of people defending just because their own has been "attacked". Content analysis should be done objectively of the situations and not attack because one of your "own" is under fire. Generally some women rally to the support of another who is perceived to have been attacked by a man unjustly. They do so without recourse to what actually transpired. When you act that way, you are not showing yourself to be intelligent enough.
And why can't they simply ansswer the 'Napoenic' question? And why won't Betty explain to us why as A-G, she defied Prof Mills and authorized the illegal payment to Woyome? ***barred word***.
Ha ha ma bro Ghanaman, I know within your inner spirit, soul, mind, heart and intellect that your Napo as a Min for Educ has totally and miserably failed to perform and deliver as expected of him. It is rather a public disgrace and embarrassment for Napo who once upon a time was the loudest and the most vocal critic of Mahama administration is today reeling heavily under the discredited and infamous Free SHS due to him being a "square peg in a round hole." Poor Napo- he can't even administer the scheme; and covertly has to introduce la la su la la contributions. His record will go down in history as the Educ Minister whose tenure Education in Ghana sank to it's lowest level. An article of no value.
NAPO SHOULD STOP THE ARROGANCE AND WORK. SO FAR NAPO IS THE MOST DISAPPOINTING MINISTER UNDER NANA ADDO,S GOVERNMENT.HE IS ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE GRADUALLY SENDING THE PARTY BACK TO OPPOSITION. NAPO SHOULD NOT FORGET RESCHERFUL WILL BE COMING. NAPO STOP THE ARROGANCE.
SO IS IT A CRIME FOR ONE TO ASK ABOUT A DOCUMENT ON A PROJECT OF A BIG MAGNITUDE LIKE FREE SHS? IF NAPO FAILED TO ASK THE PROF ABOUT THE DOCUMENT COVERING 200 CLASSROOM BLOCKS, IT DOES NOT PREVENT THE PROF TO ASK ABOUT DOCUMENTS COVERING THE ALMIGHTY SO CALLED FLAGSHIP FREE SHS PROJECT. THIS RATHER MAKES HER MORE SENSIBLE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE. AM VERY SURE THE GOOD PROF HAD DOCUMENTS TO EVERY PROJECTS THAT LOOK PLACE IN HER TENURE. NAPO CAN NOT MATCH THE STANDARDS SET BY THE PROFESSOR HENCE THE HATRED AND ILL TALKS.
SHUT YOUR DIRTY STINGING MOUTH AND VOICES TEDDY AND NAPONIA ABOVE PERIOD. TALKING GIBBERISH WITH YOUR FORMER CORRUPT MINISTER OF EDUCATION; AND YOUR CORRUPT JDM ONAAPO TUIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CUM NDC CORRUPTION PARTY, CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE GALORE FOR 8 YEARS.
What manner of a Minister is this ? A half backed medical officer now Education Minister. "A Square Peg In Round Hole" This minister has never talked sense let alone taken the right decisions. His recent attacks on the former minister is nothing more than an attempt to hide under the use - less phrase "embarrassment and disgrace" to cover his impotent performance. "An article of no commercial value"
we are watching ..... this minister shd sail peacefully and pray darkness does not fall .... naponia ... the only dr who speaks gibberish in ghana ...we will see